The Catholic Archdiocese of Ephesus is a suppressed and

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of the

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(in Latin: Archidioecesis Ephesina). It is the

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counterpart of the

Greek Orthodox The term Greek Orthodox Church (Greek language, Greek: Ἑλληνορθόδοξη Ἐκκλησία, ''Ellinorthódoxi Ekklisía'', ) has two meanings. The broader meaning designates "the Eastern Orthodox Church, entire body of Orthodox (Chalced ...

Metropolis of Ephesus, which is a

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ric under

Patriarchate of Constantinople The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople ( el, Οἰκουμενικὸν Πατριαρχεῖον Κωνσταντινουπόλεως, translit=Oikoumenikón Patriarkhíon Konstantinoupóleos, ; la, Patriarchatus Oecumenicus Constanti ...

(in Greek: Μητρόπολις Εφέσου; Mitrópolis Efesou).

History

Both the Catholic and Orthodox churches lay claim to the ancient bishopric founded in the 1st century by Saint Timothy. Beginning in the 14th century, Ephesus was one of the archbishopric claimed by the Catholic Church, due in part to the Catholic Church involvement in the east Mediterranean. The first known bishop was

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named Corrado (fl1318) whom Le Quien called ''vir doctus et in linguis orientalis versatus''. On several occasions the bishopric was attributed to

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s who later became

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s. The last Catholic holder was Giovanni Enrico Boccella,Titular Metropolitan See of Ephesus
at GCatholic.org. emeritus bishop of

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, who died on 22 May 1992.

Catholic Bishops

*Corrado, O.F.M. † (July 5, 1318 - unknown) *Raimondo Stefano, O.P. † (July 9, 1322 -unknown) *Guglielmo, (June 16, 1349 -unknown) * Giovanni di Perugia, (November 17, 1402 -unknown) * Federico Mons, (January 2, 1411 -?) * Luca Borsciani Cybo, (September 1522 - 1523) *

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† (1 July 1613 - January 18, 1626) *

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(February 9, 1615 - August 11, 1621. * Basilio Cacace (12 February 1624 - April 27, 1646) *

Jacobus de la Torre Jacobus de la Torre (1608 – 16 September 1661) served as apostolic vicar of the Apostolic Vicariate of Batavia (1651-1661) and titular archbishop of Ephesus (1647-1661). Life The merchant family De la Torre was originally from Spain and h ...

(9 November 1646 - 16 September 1661) * Vitaliano Visconti (August 11, 1664 - March 7, 1667) * Opisto Pallavicini (February 27, 1668 - September 2, 1686) * Francesco Liberati (February 24, 1688 - April 18, 1703) *

Antonio Francesco Sanvitale Antonio Francesco Sanvitale (10 February 1660 – 17 December 1714) was made a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church from 1709. Life Antonio Francesco was born in Parma. Descended from a prominent family, including Galeazzo Sanvitale, in the duc ...

(July 16, 1703 - May 6, 1709) * Giacomo Caracciolo † (April 7, 1710 - January 17, 1718) *

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(July 16, 1721 - June 23, 1738) * Antonio Maria Pescatori, (June 22, 1739 - March 6, 1741) of

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Antonio Eugenio Visconti Antonio Eugenio Visconti (17 June 1713 – 4 March 1788) was an Italian cardinal and archbishop of the Catholic Church. Biography Antonio Eugenio Visconti was born in Milan on 17 June 1713, the son of Annibale Visconti, a fieldmarshall of the ...

(January 28, 1760 - April 19, 1773) * Nicola Buschi (April 11, 1785 - August 11, 1800) * Benedict Sinibaldi (August 11, 1800 - April 1816) * Paolo Leardi (September 23, 1816 - December 31, 1823) *

Giovanni Soglia Ceroni Giovanni Soglia Ceroni (10 October 1779 – 12 August 1856) was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church. Biography He was ordained a priest on 1 January 1803. appointed him Titular Bishop of Ephesus on 2 October 1826 and ordained a bishop on 2 ...

(October 2, 1826 - April 6, 1835) *

Lodovico Altieri Lodovico Altieri (17 July 1805 – 11 August 1867) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal. He served in various capacities under various popes and belonged to a noble Roman house making him a descendant of Pope Clement X. The sainthood proces ...

(July 11, 1836 - April 21, 1845) * Alessandro Asinari of San Marzano † (19 January 1846 - 2 July 1876) * Francesco Folicaldi (March 12, 1877 - October 30, 1883) *

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† (January 15, 1886 - January 20, 1895) *

Sebastiano Martinelli Sebastiano Martinelli (20 August 1848 – 4 July 1918) was a Cardinal (Catholicism), Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Congregation for the Causes of Saints, Prefect of the Congregation of Rites. Early life Sebastiano Martinelli ...

,(August 18, 1896 - April 15, 1901) * Donato Raffaele Sbarretti Tazza † (December 16, 1901 - December 7, 1916) *

Lorenzo Lauri Lorenzo Lauri (15 October 1864 – 8 October 1941) was an Italian Cardinal of the Catholic Church who served as Major Penitentiary from 1927 and Camerlengo from 1939 until his death and was elevated to the rank of cardinal in 1926. Biography ...

(January 5, 1917 - December 20, 1926) *

Valerio Valeri Valerio Valeri (7 November 1883 – 22 July 1963) was an Italian Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Prefect of the Sacred Congregation for Religious in the Roman Curia from 1953 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate ...

(October 18, 1927 - January 12, 1953) *

Sebastiano Baggio Sebastiano Baggio (16 May 1913 – 21 March 1993) was an Italian cardinal, often thought to be a likely candidate for election to the papacy. He served as President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State from 1984 to 1990 and was P ...

(June 30, 1953 - April 30, 1969) * Giovanni Enrico Boccella (December 7, 1978 - May 22, 1992)

References

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History

Catholic Bishops

See also

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